ZIP 78569 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 78569 (Willacy County, Texas) lands at 32/100 — moderate on DLRadar's public-record scoring. The sharpest non-environmental signals are structural risk (70/100), institutional ownership (63/100), construction/permit lag (53/100). mortgage stress (25/100) stay muted. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (90/100), FEMA disaster exposure (81/100), climate & FEMA risk (76/100). The latent-versus-live split is 70/100 structural and 7/100 already moving.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 1.4% over the trailing year (phase confidence 22/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

The ZIP holds roughly 1,484 housing units. Roughly 15.0% live below the poverty line. On demographic stress specifically, 78569 scores 27/100. 4,079 residents call 78569 home, typically aged 41. Around 38% of renters are cost-burdened. The vacancy rate is 14.3% — elevated. About 18% have a four-year degree. The tenure split is 83% owner-occupied to 17% rented. Households earn a median $57,000 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. A median home runs $117,000 here, or 1.8 times local income.

Taken together, 78569 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.